@RepNancyMace Everything is not just black and white. We have capitalistic democracy with some socialism . "Free" public schools and most of healthcare is socialism. You took everything good from it.
@Highway_30@isaiahrmartin@RobManess hypothetical US withdrawal from NATO would lead to a 16.1% drop in US exports and a loss of around $100 billion annually in GDP.When allies increase their military budgets big share of that money is spent on purchasing advanced American weapons.
@Highway_30@isaiahrmartin@RobManess By providing a so-called "nuclear umbrella" to Europe, the US prevents economic powerhouses like Germany from developing their own nuclear weapons. This keeps control over the West's nuclear arsenal firmly in Washington's hands.
@Highway_30@isaiahrmartin@RobManess FACTS: All members contribute to the common budget based on a formula tied to their (GNI). US and Germany each contribute about 14.9%, while the rest is split among other members.Poland and the Baltic nations spend a higher percentage of their own GDP on defense than the US
@Highway_30@isaiahrmartin@RobManess hypothetical US withdrawal from NATO would lead to a 16.1% drop in US exports and a loss of around $100 billion annually in GDP.When allies increase their military budgets big share of that money is spent on purchasing advanced American weapons.
@Highway_30@isaiahrmartin@RobManess NATO provides the United States with the legal and physical infrastructure to operate worldwide. Through the NATO, the US has guaranteed access to a network of air, naval, and land bases in Europe. These bases serve as stepping stones for US operations in the Middle East, Africa
@Highway_30@isaiahrmartin@RobManess The vast majority of what is called the "NATO budget" is actually the national military budget of each individual country.The entire US military budget is not the NATO budget. each member state independently funds its own armed forces